List of mammals of Minnesota

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates This list of mammals of Minnesota includes the mammals native to Minnesota. It also shows their status in the wild. There are 81 native and 5 introduced mammal species found in the state. American bison, caribou, and wolverines were extirpated from the state. Minnesota does not have a state mammal but several have been proposed: The northern white tailed deer was proposed eight times, the eastern wolf was proposed six times, the American black bear and thirteen-lined ground squirrel were each proposed once.

The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature; those on the left are used here, those in the second column in some other articles:

EX	Template:IUCN status	Extinct	No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.
EW	Template:IUCN status	Extinct in the wild	Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized population well outside its historic range.
CR	Template:IUCN status	Critically endangered	The species is in imminent danger of extinction in the wild.
EN	Template:IUCN status	Endangered	The species is facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
VU	Template:IUCN status	Vulnerable	The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
NT	Template:IUCN status	Near threatened	The species does not qualify as being at high risk of extinction but is likely to do so in the future.
LC	Template:IUCN status	Least concern	The species is not currently at risk of extinction in the wild.
DD	Template:IUCN status	Data deficient	There is inadequate information to assess the risk of extinction for this species.
NE	Template:IUCN status	Not evaluated	The conservation status of the species has not been studied.

Didelphimorphs

Opossums

• Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana Template:IUCN status

Rodents

Squirrels

• Northern flying squirrel, Glaucomys sabrinus Template:IUCN status
• Southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans Template:IUCN status
• Woodchuck, Marmota monax Template:IUCN status
• Least chipmunk, Neotamias minimus Template:IUCN status
• Eastern gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis Template:IUCN status
• Fox squirrel, Sciurus niger Template:IUCN status
• Franklin's ground squirrel, Spermophilus franklinii Template:IUCN status
• Richardson's ground squirrel, Spermophilus richardsonii Template:IUCN status
• Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Template:IUCN status
• Eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus Template:IUCN status
• American red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Template:IUCN status
• Black-tailed prairie dog, Cynomys ludovicianus Template:IUCN status introduced

Beavers

• American beaver, Castor canadensis Template:IUCN status

Gophers

• Plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius Template:IUCN status
• Northern pocket gopher, Thomomys talpoides Template:IUCN status

Pocket mice

• Plains pocket mouse, Perognathus flavescens Template:IUCN status

Cricetids

• Eastern deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus Template:IUCN status
• White-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus Template:IUCN status
• Western deer mouse, Peromyscus sonoriensis Template:IUCN status
• Western harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis Template:IUCN status
• Northern grasshopper mouse, Onychomys leucogaster Template:IUCN status
• Northern bog lemming, Synaptomys borealis Template:IUCN status
• Southern bog lemming, Synaptomys cooperi Template:IUCN status
• Rock vole, Microtus chrotorrhinus Template:IUCN status
• Prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster Template:IUCN status
• Woodland vole, Microtus pinetorum Template:IUCN status
• Meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus Template:IUCN status
• Eastern heather vole, Phenacomys ungava Template:IUCN status
• Southern red-backed vole, Myodes gapperi Template:IUCN status
• Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus Template:IUCN status

Murids

• House mouse, Mus musculus Template:IUCN status introduced
• Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus Template:IUCN status introduced

Jumping mice

• Meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius Template:IUCN status
• Woodland jumping mouse, Napaeozapus insignis Template:IUCN status

Porcupines

• North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum Template:IUCN status

Lagomorphs

Hares

• Snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus Template:IUCN status
• White-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus townsendii Template:IUCN status

Cottontail rabbits

• Eastern cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus Template:IUCN status

Eulipotyphlans

Shrews

• Northern short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda Template:IUCN status
• North American least shrew, Cryptotis parva Template:IUCN status
• Arctic shrew, Sorex arcticus Template:IUCN status
• Masked shrew, Sorex cinereus Template:IUCN status
• American pygmy shrew, Sorex hoyi Template:IUCN status
• American water shrew, Sorex palustris Template:IUCN status

Moles

• Star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata Template:IUCN status
• Eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus Template:IUCN status

Bats

Evening bats

• Big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus Template:IUCN status
• Silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans Template:IUCN status
• Hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus Template:IUCN status
• Eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis Template:IUCN status
• Little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus Template:IUCN status
• Northern long-eared myotis, Myotis septentrionalis Template:IUCN status
• Eastern pipistrelle, Pipistrellus subflavus Template:IUCN status

Carnivorans

Procyonids

• Common raccoon, Procyon lotor Template:IUCN status

Mustelids

• Wolverine, Gulo gulo Template:IUCN status extirpated
• Northern river otter, Lontra canadensis Template:IUCN status
• American marten, Martes americana Template:IUCN status
• Least weasel, Mustela nivalis Template:IUCN status
• American ermine, Mustela richardsonii Template:IUCN status
  • Western Great Lakes stoat, M. r. bangsi Template:IUCN status
• Long-tailed weasel, Neogale frenata Template:IUCN status
• Stoat, Mustela erminea Template:IUCN status
• American mink, Neogale vison Template:IUCN status
• Fisher, Pekania pennanti Template:IUCN status
• American badger, Taxidea taxus Template:IUCN status

Skunks

• Striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis Template:IUCN status
• Eastern spotted skunk, Spilogale putorius Template:IUCN status possibly extirpated

Canines

• Coyote, Canis latrans Template:IUCN status
• Gray wolf, Canis lupus Template:IUCN status
• Eastern wolf, Canis lycaon Template:IUCN status
• Gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus Template:IUCN status
• Swift fox, Vulpes velox Template:IUCN status vagrant
• Red fox, Vulpes vulpes Template:IUCN status
  • American red fox, V. v. fulva Template:IUCN status
  • Northern plains fox, V. v. regalis Template:IUCN status

Felines

• Canada lynx, Lynx canadensis Template:IUCN status
• Bobcat, Lynx rufus Template:IUCN status
• Cougar, Puma concolor Template:IUCN status vagrant

Bears

• American black bear, Ursus americanus Template:IUCN status

Artiodactyls

Deer

• Moose, Alces alces Template:IUCN status
• Elk, Cervus canadensis Template:IUCN status
• White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus Template:IUCN status
  • Northern white-tailed deer, O. v. borealis Template:IUCN status
  • Dakota white-tailed deer, O. v. dacotensis Template:IUCN status
  • Kansas white-tailed deer, O. v. macrourus Template:IUCN status
• Caribou, Rangifer tarandus Template:IUCN status extirpated
  • Woodland caribou, R. t. caribou extirpated
• Mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus Template:IUCN status
• Sika deer, Cervus nippon Template:IUCN status introduced

Pronghorn

• Pronghorn, Antilocapra americana Template:IUCN status vagrant

Bovids

• American bison, Bison bison Template:IUCN status extirpated
  • Plains bison, B. b. bison extirpated

Pigs

• Wild boar, Sus scrofa Template:IUCN status introduced, extirpated

References

• Burt, W. H., and R. P. Grossenheider (1976). Field Guide to the Mammals: North America North of Mexico. Third edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts, US.
• Gunderson, H. L., and J. R. Beer (1953). "Mammals of Minnesota". Occasional Papers, Minnesota Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota. 6: 1-190.
• Hazard, E. B. 1982. Mammals of Minnesota. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Heany, L. R., and E. C. Birney (1975). "Comments on the distribution and natural history of some mammals in Minnesota". Canadian Field-Naturalist. 89 (1): 29-34.
• Wiche, J. M. and J. F. Cassel (1978). "Checklist of North Dakota mammals. (Revised)". The Prairie Naturalist 10 (3): 81-88.
• Wilson, D. E., and F. R. Cole (2000). Common Names of the Mammals of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., US.